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🌱 How a $100M gift could reshape jobs and health care in Camden

Camden, New Jersey Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • How a $100M gift could reshape jobs and health care in Camden
  • What detectives need from Camden residents after a deadly North 24th shooting
  • Why the governor says Camden beats Philly for the best cheesesteak

Also on today's calendar: Unemployed? Obtain a Free Training Grant for Top Certifications and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 90 and low of 75 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Friday: A shower and thunderstorm, temps: high: 90, low: 75.
  • Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 89 and low of 74 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Donor Family Gifts $100M To Cooper University Health System In South Jersey (patch.com) — A $100 million family donation to Cooper University Health Care will fund education, job-training, and community programs centered in the City of Camden and the broader South Jersey region. The gift, honoring the Norcross family’s decades-long involvement with Cooper, is the largest in the system’s history and will also lead to a renaming that incorporates the Norcross name.
   

2. 35-Year-Old Camden Man Fatally Shot as Detectives Hunt for Killer (shorenewsnetwork.com) — A 35-year-old Camden man, Edgar Velasco-Hernandez, was fatally shot Friday night on the 100 block of North 24th Street, and no arrests have been made yet. Prosecutors and Camden police are urging anyone who saw or heard anything to contact detectives or submit anonymous tips through CAMDEN.TIPS as they work to identify the shooter.
   

3. New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill says the best cheesesteaks are in Camden — not Philadelphia (cbsnews.com) — New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill is backing Camden in the cheesesteak wars, declaring Donkey’s Place on Haddon Avenue her favorite over famous Philadelphia spots. Her recent video shout-out highlights the longtime Camden institution’s distinctive kaiser-roll cheesesteaks and adds fresh buzz to a neighborhood landmark that’s been serving locals since 1943.
   

4. These Are The Top-Ranked Hospitals In NJ: U.S. News (patch.com) — Camden’s Cooper University Health Care ranks among New Jersey’s top hospitals in the latest U.S. News & World Report list, giving local patients a highly rated option close to home. The statewide rankings emphasize patient outcomes and highlight hospitals’ strengths in complex specialties and common procedures alike.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Thursday August 6
  • Thursday Afternoon Yoga
    Camden County Parks & Rec Cooper River Park, 5300 North Park Drive, Pennsauken, NJ, 08109, United States
    6:00 pm
  • Hot Tuna — Scottish Rite Auditorium - Collingswood Tickets →
    Scottish Rite Auditorium, 315 White Horse Pike, Collingswood
    8:00 pm
    • Friday August 7
  • Cardio on the Cooper
    Camden County Parks & Rec Cooper River Park, 5300 North Park Drive, Pennsauken, NJ, 08109, United States
    8:00 am
  • No Surrender (Springsteen Tribute)
    Camden County Parks & Rec Lindenwold Park, 1000 United States Ave, Lindenwold, NJ, 08021, United States
    7:00 pm
    • Saturday August 8
  • Really Little Residents
    Haddon Heights Public Library 608 Station Avenue, Haddon Heights, NJ 08035
    10:30 am
  • Pinoy Piyesta
    Camden County Parks & Rec Camden Waterfront Stadium, 401 North Delaware Avenue, Camden, NJ, 08102, United States
    2:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

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  • Happy to share some people care!!
    Imagine wandering through rolling green pastures where hundreds of rescued animals finally know what safety feels like. That’s exactly what awaits at… (Nextdoor Fairview)
  • NFI Industries posted a job opening for Accounts Receivable Coordinator in Camden. Apply here.
  • United Security, Inc. (USI) posted a job opening for Armed Detention Officer- (Operations) in Camden. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Camden here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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